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time to update your hd

post #1 of 9
8/16/05 at 9:44pm
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saw over at newegg they now carry 120gb drives 4200 and 5400 rpm
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post #2 of 9
8/16/05 at 10:36pm
Boooring. Wake me up when 100 GB or 120 GB 7200 RPM ones stock.
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post #3 of 9
8/16/05 at 11:53pm
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wont notice any difference,

but then i guess its just bragging
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post #4 of 9
8/16/05 at 11:56pm
Darn, I just bought a 100gig 5400rpm momentus.
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post #5 of 9
8/19/05 at 12:56pm

Updated my XPS2 to 120 GB 5400 RPM Momentus

I just got done upgrading my XPS2 from 80GB 5400RPM that came with it to the 120GB 5400RPM Seagate Momentus drive. It's working great. Might be a little faster than the old drive but that is probably due to the reformat and reload of Windows XP. I also ordered a new Hard Drive caddy from www.notebooksrus.com so I'll be able to swap out the drives more easily. Right after I ordered the drive from NewEgg the price dropped from $268 down to $253. That sucks, but oh well.
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post #6 of 9
8/19/05 at 1:00pm

Hard Drive Caddy

Here is the actual link for the Hard Drive Caddy. It took me a while to find a source for one so this should help out anyone that's interested.

http://www.notebooksrus.com/dell_ins...y_carrier.html
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post #7 of 9
8/19/05 at 1:32pm
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but why? thats a waste just hook it up to external enclosure and poof off you go 200gb of storage
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post #8 of 9
8/19/05 at 3:44pm
I do use an external enclosure, but that doesn't work fast enough for gaming and software development purposes.
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post #9 of 9
8/19/05 at 8:07pm
I bought the 100GB Toshiba drive with 16MB of cache. It's a 5400RPM drive. I was hoping to find a Hitachi 7K100 somewhere, but *everyone* is out of stock.

The 7K100 is Hitachi's second-generation line of 7200RPM notebook drives. The 100GB model looks sweet, and is supposed to be up to 30% faster than the 7K60 60GB drive.

But even with my 5400RPM drive, I don't notice any lag issues or anything with Far Cry or HL2. It seems about as peppy as my desktop system, which has a 7200RPM drive in it.

All I can say is... i9300/XPS2 kicks ass!
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